The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-11-17

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Contains a carefully-prepared list of all news
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of each issue, with comparative statement Of
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THE MYSTERY OF BAR HARBOR By Alsop
Leflingwell. New York: q. w. Dillingham;.
This is a very strange and exciting story Of
love and abduction, in which the woman in
the case" was stolen and carried from Europe
over the sea to the coast of Maine. 1t is reada-
bic, notwithstanding it's extravaganza and inn
probability.
FEDERAL TAXES AND STATE EXPENSES
Questions of the Day " SERIES No. ~. By VIII
liam ii. Jones. New York: q. p. Putnam's
Sons. 81.
treatise on the decay of separate State
power of excise under the Federal Constitution
aud the compensation therein provided for it,
and the relation of the general civil admins
tration under separate State authority to the
general welfare of the United States under the
Federal autonomy.
NoTEs
Edward Greey's "a Captive Of Love- has
been translated into German by Hans Werner
Herr A. Hensel), and published under the
title Of In Liebesbanden by Stuttgart and
Leipzig publishing house. The German crit
les praise it very warmly.
The November Mdodsine of American History
is one OF the brightest and most richly illus
trated issues of the year. Oliver Cromwells
portrait appears as its frontispiece, incident to
the romantic story of the first settlement of
her happiest vein, entitled the Historic Home
of the Sylvesters." Shelter Island was erected
into a manor in 1866, and cultivated by negro
slaves until il became gem Of beauty.
"Greater America; Hits and Hints" pub
lished by A. Lowell x Co., New York, is q
pungent criticism of customs and institutions
in this country by A Foreign Resident" his
name being withheld. Its careful perusal will
give the reader a good deal TO think about, if
he is thinker.
From the National School of Elocution and
0ratory, Philadelphia, come four more of its
excellent series OF selections for reading and
recitation. They are "Choice Dialect" "Elo-
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Paper, 80 cents each, except the last, which is
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S. S. Scranton & Co, Hartford, Conn, have
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writers to-day stood closer to Gen. Grant than
his staff officer.
beautiful border, printed in gold, will orna-
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